Metal awning



M rch 4, 1953 H. M. MANLEY ETAL METAL AWNING 2 SHEETS--SHEET 1 FiledMarch 12, 1948 Jnnentori A Ly/I M Man/5 1 Jesse B. F rulkenberg March24, 1953 H. M. MANLEY ETAL METAL AWNING Filed March 12, 1948 Ill/l/Il/ll Summers Hay I M Mdn/gy Jesse 7?. Fru/kenbr attorney:

Patented Mar. 24, 1953 METAL AWNING Hugh Manley and Jesse B.Faulkenberry, Huntsville, Ala.; said Faulkenberry assignor to saidManley Application March 12, 1948, Serial No. 14,434

1 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a metal awning and has for an object theprovision of an awning of the character designated which shall be simpleand sturdy of construction and easily erected from stock parts.

Our invention contemplates a metal awning construction in which roofpanels are formed from sheet metal with flanges bent over to interlockwith the flanges of adjacent panels and which may be assembled by anendwise sliding movement of one panel with an adjacent panel.

A further object of our invention is to provide a metal awning embodyinginterlocking roof and side panels, and means for mounting the samewhereby there is a circulation of air under and around the panels.

An awning embodying features of our invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the awning show- 1;

ing it attached to a building;

Fig. 2 is .a partial front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a partial rear elevational view thereof; drawn to alargerscale;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken along the line IV-IV of Fig. 2 andshowing one of the cover panels broken away;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, drawn to a larger scale, and taken along theline VV of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken along the line V IVI of Fig. '2; and,

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a clip used to mount the side panels onthe frame.

Referring now to the drawings for a better understanding of ourinvention, our improved awning comprises a roof frame consisting ofdownwardly sloping rafters l6 and It arranged, one on each side, andjoined together by a .top plate E! at their upper ends, and a bottomplate 12 at their lower ends, the plates l5 and L2 being preferably inthe form of channels. Joined to the lower plate l2 and extendingrearwardly therefrom, at each side of the awning, ar horiaontal framemembers !3 and 13. The rafters H) and Ill and the horizontal members I3and I3 are joined at their rearward ends to the building indicated bythe numeral it.

Mounted on the frame just described is a roof comprised of outer or sidepanels It, only one of which is shown, and which extend out lateral- 71y beyond the rafters iii and I0, and are provided with downturnedflanges I! along their outer edges. Between the side panels I6 are aplurality of intermediate panels 18 and I9. The sides of the panels 18are provided with down- 1 to form a valance 33.

turned flanges 2i and 22 which are bent over and upward as shown at 23and 2 3 to form hooks in cross section. The inner edges of the sidepanels t5 and both edges of the intermediate panels iii are turnedupwardly as shown at 26 and thence over downwardly as shown at 27 toform hooks in cross section which engage the hooks formed by bentportions 2i and 23 of the panels [8. In assembling the roof, the bentover portions are engaged and interlocked as shown in Fig. 3 by relativeendwise movement of the panels. The upper ends of the panels are coveredby means of a flashing strip 28 which is secured to the building at .29.The panels l6 and ii are secured to the upper plate H by means of shortbolts 3| which are covered by the flashing strip 28, while the panelsit! are secured by an occasional bolt 32 which passes also through theflashing strip 28. Only suiiicient bolts 32 are used as are necessary tohold down the flashing strip 2 8 in order to limit the number of boltsexposed to the weather.

The lower ends of the roof panels it, It and 19 are bent downwardly asshown in Figs. 1 and 4 The portions of the panels 16 and 19 forming apart of the valance 33 are provided with outturned flanges 3d and 36, asshown in Fig. 6, while the portions of the intermediate panels !8forming a part of the valance are provided with inturned flanges 37,which cooperate with, and cover the outturned flanges 34 and 36 of theother panels. All of the portions of the panels forming the valance aresecured to the lower plate l2 by means of bolts 38 and 39.

Along the sides of the awning are a plurality of panels it the upperends of which are cut to a slope to fit under the downturned flanges I!of the side panels l6 and are joined thereto by means of short bolts ii.Each of th side panels All along one edge, is turned inwardly at ii-.2and then parallel with the main body of the panel at 43 and is securedalong that portion of the panel by means of a bolt id to the horizontalframe member l0, l0, 23 or 13', as the case may be. The other edge ofeach of the panels 4|] is turned inwardly at an acute angle as shown at45 and is secured in spaced relation with respect to the horizontalframe members 13 and I3 and with respect to the adjacent edge portion 43of the adjacent panel, by means of a clip 46. The clip it, as shown inFig. '7, is comprised of a hook portion Q 8 which hooks over theupturned flange d9 of the frame members 13 and I3. A horizontal portion51 of the clip is provided with slits 52 which are cut in that portionat an angle to a receive the inturned portions 15 of the panels 40. Theouter end of each of the clips is turned down as shown at 53 to providea bearing against the inner side of the panel and hold it firmly inplace.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the rafter members 10and I0 and the horizontal members I3 and 13' extend rearwardly a slightdistance beyond the side panels 40 and the roof panels, to provide aventilating space 54 between the body of the awning and the building.Also it will be seen that the roof panels stop short of the building toprovide an exit space 5-6 for air currents flowing upwardly underneaththe awning roof, as indicated by the arrows. Also, as indicated in Fig.4 of the drawing, the arrangement of the cover panels and inter-mediatepanels I9 is such as to form channels for conducting air currentsupwardly underneath the roof to escape through the space 56. It willfurther be seen that the means for securing the side panels 40 to thehorizontal member I3 and I3 and to the roof panels 18 provides spacesfor the circulation of air laterally under the awning roof.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that we have devised an improvedmetal awning which is simple of design, easy to assemble, sturdy ofconstruction, and one which provides for the maximum of comfort for theuser.

While we have shown our invention in but one form, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the alt that it is not so limited, but is susceptibleof various changes and modifications, without departing from the spiritthereof, and we desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall beplaced thereupon as are specifically set forth in the appended claim.

What we claim is:

A metal awning embodying a roof frame comprising sloping rafters at theends thereof joined at the upper and lower ends by transverselyextending top and bottom plates, horizontal side plates joined to thebottom plate and extending rearwardly, upturned flanges on the sideplates, a roof for the awning frame, side panels for the awning joinedat their upper ends to the sloping rafters and each having a flangealong one side turned inwardly and thence laterally, means eonnectingthe laterally turned portions of said flanges to the upturned flange ofthe associated 10 side plate, and clips joining the opposite side ofeach side panel to the flange of said side plate and holding the saidopposite side in spaced relation to the side plate and to the adjacentside of the adjacent panel.

HUGH M. MANLEY. JESSE R. FAULKENBERRY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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